Re: [Tails-dev] VIM with blowfish encryption

> > So my question is: would it be possible to include a newer (at least 7.3)
> > version of the vim editor (with encryption features enabled) in Tails?
>
> Once Tails is rebased on Wheezy (see ticket #6015), it will ship vim
> 7.3.547. I'm not too keen on shipping one more backport in the
> meantime, especially since it's unclear if this backport would have
> the desired feature.
>

That's understandable.


> Regarding the encryption features, I've no idea if the Debian package
> enables it. If you're interested, please test this in Debian unstable,
> and ask for this feature there if it's not enabled.
>

I believe it's enabled in Debian -- it usually is enabled in most
distributions.


> Hasn't vim some GnuPG integration handy anyway?
>

Unfortunately, not by default -- there are plugins for that, but amending
vim with plugins is not really a novice task.

Thanks for the answer!

Kristof